Introduction

The MLIS Department undertook capacity assessment from 15th - 20th of August 2018, in relation to Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning. The purpose of the assessment was to identify the capacity gaps and develop a capacity building plan for MLIS staff.


1) Results

The analysis below was done on 43 responses from MLIS team members.


1.1) MLIS Deparments

we asked participants which deparment they belonged, 23 participants sayed the belonged to the field monitoring departement. Eleven (11) participants belonged to design,data processing and analysis department and 4 belonged to data learnig department. See the plot below.


1.2) MLIS Units

MLIS has 6 units, which are:

  1. Carbon and partnership (C&P).
  2. Data learning (DL).
  3. Field Monitoring Teams (FMT).
  4. Information systems (IS).
  5. Program data analysis (DPA).
  6. Program data management (PDM).

According to the results obtained, FMT had the largest number of participants 24, with C&P, DL and IS having two members each. See the plot below.


1.3) Current Position Held

We asked each partcipant to input his/her current position. The results are tabulated below. The table shows all unique responses from the participants of the survey.

All unique positions reported during the survey
position count
Field officer 7
Associate 4
Monitoring and evaluation field officer 3
Senior associate 3
Mlis field officer 2
Associate analysis 1
Associate data collection and training 1
Associate mis 1
Associate mlis 1
Associate, carbon and partnerships 1
Associate, data learning 1
Associate, mlis 1
Data officer 1
Field officer monitoring and evaluation officer 1
Field officer-pmcv 1
Field project manager 1
M&e field officer 1
M&e fo 1
Manager 1
Processing, monitoring, coverage and validation field officer 1
Program data management, associate 1
Senior associate, data learning 1
Senior associate, pdm 1
Snr assoc mlis 1

1.4) Experience

We asked participants experience in months both in the current possition and in the industry. The median for expereinece in the current position was 27 months, while the median for the experience in the industry was 49 months. The box plots below shows the distibutional characteristics of experience among MLIS team members.


1.5) Highest Level of Education Obtained

The participants were asked to list their highest level of education obtained. The resulst are tabulated below.

All highest level of education reported in the survey
level_education count
Bachelors degree 3
Bachelor degree in social science ( social work) 1
Bachelor of arts in project planning and management.currently doing master of arts in monitoring and evaluation 1
Bachelor, statistics 1
Bachelor’ degree in development studies 1
Bachelor’s degree in development studies 1
Bachelors (economics) 1
Bachelors degree in project planning and management 1
Bachelors degree(bachelor of arts in communication and media technology with it) 1
Bachelors in applied statistics 1
Bachelors of science in applied statistics with i.t. 1
Bachelors of science in information technology 1
Bsc forestry 1
Bsc mathematics 1
Bsc public health 1
Bsc. applied statistics 1
Certificate in project planning and management 1
Degree- statistics 1
Dip. project management 1
Diploma business management, ict, 1
Diploma in analytical chemistry. 1
Diploma in community development and social work 1
Diploma in community development and social work-currently doing degree in counselling psychology 1
Diploma in dietetic management rift valley training institute 1
Diploma in journalism 1
Diploma in project management 1
Ict diploma in software development 1
Masters in information systems(undertaking research, majoring in health informatics) 1
Masters, bio-statistics 1
Msc biometry 1
Msc quantitative development economics 1
Tartiary 1
Tertiary 1
Tertiary-computer science 1
University 1
University degree 1

1.6) Training on the Current Area of Work

The participants were asked if they have received any training in the current area of training. Fifty eight (58) percent of responded said they have recived training.

Have you received training in the current area of work?
training count Percantage
Yes 22 58%
No 16 42%

Seventeen (17) FMT members indicated that they had received further training, while no member of C&P who indicated he/she had recieved a further training. See the plot below.

The 22 MLIS team mebers who indicated that they have received further training listed the following trainings tabulated below.

Training done on current area of work
training_done count
Monitoring and evaluation 2
Administration and community health 1
Certificate in monitoring and evaluation 1
Certificate in monitoring and evaluation. driving classes bcefg. 1
Certificate in stata software for data management 1
Data analysis in excel 1
Excel 1
Job training after recrution, refresher trainings,mlis meetings 1
M&e of public health programs 1
Management training 1
Measure evaluation, evaluation design 1
Monitoring and evaluation at amref health africa 1
Nih 1
Odk designing 1
People management, planning and budgeting, objective setting,survey development using odk,sampling and knowledge management 1
Principles of monitoring and evaluation 1
R, and powebi 1
Survey data collection and analytics specialization 1
Survey design, longitudinal data analysis methods, survey programming, advanced methods of analysis, data science introduction 1
Trained on data collection techniques and tools 1
Training on specific field activities. 1

1.7) Skills in Research, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

MLIS members were asked to rate their skills on research, monitoring and learning in relation to their current position. The results showed that 66 percent of MLIS members were very good at this area, while 24 percent were avarage. See the table below.

Competency in Research and M&E
kwld_rsch count Percantage
Very good 25 66%
Average 9 24%
Excellent 4 11%

The survey also included a question asking if the MLIS team members required further any training in research, monitoring evaluation and learning. Ninety two (92) percent indicated that they are interested in getting training.

Percentage of People in need of training
need_training count Percantage
Yes 35 92%
No 3 8%